Why Oil Never Hit $150
Posted June 19, 2026
By Matt Insley
With the Strait of Hormuz set to reopen, editor Adam Sharp assesses the economic lessons of the Iran war.
The Strait "Opens" Friday. Now What?
Posted June 17, 2026
By Matt Insley
Even as markets celebrate a U.S.-Iran agreement, insurers and oil tanker operators remain cautious.
Pittsburgh's Steel Revival
Posted June 15, 2026
By Matt Insley
A U.S. steel plant that once seemed destined for the scrapyard is getting a new lease on life.
Warsh's Shrinking Inflation Options
Posted June 12, 2026
By Matt Insley
On May 22, new Fed chair Kevin Warsh stepped into arguably the most powerful economic job in the world. Three weeks later, inflation punched him in the face.
James Altucher: The Truth About SpaceX
Posted June 10, 2026
By Matt Insley
Paradigm’s iconoclast investor James Altucher tends to focus on moments when a familiar pattern stops behaving the way it always has.
Who Is the Next Elon?
Posted June 08, 2026
By Matt Insley
Ray Blanco covers three frontiers, five private companies and asks: “Which one is the next SpaceX?”
Platner’s Moment of Truth
Posted June 05, 2026
By Matt Insley
The lesson of the Platner story isn’t that scandals no longer matter. It’s that party elites increasingly get fewer opportunities to decide which candidates matter.
Do Americans Still Believe in America?
Posted June 03, 2026
By Matt Insley
Do Americans still believe in America?
Mick Jagger, Moon Landings and SpaceX
Posted June 01, 2026
By Matt Insley
After decades of false starts, delays and broken promises, space is suddenly a topic of conversation again. And at the center of that conversation is Elon Musk.
Calling B.S. on Hassett
Posted May 29, 2026
By Matt Insley
Making Hormuz the headline answer to inflation lets Washington completely off the hook for everything else.
